1 Corinthians 9:26
I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one that beateth the ayer:
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
In Context
Cross References
Luke 13:24stryve with youre selves to enter in at the strayte gate: For many I saye vnto you will seke to enter in and shall not be able.
2 Corinthians 5:1We knowe suerly yf oure erthy mancion wherin we now dwell were destroyed that we have a bildinge ordeyned of god an habitacion not made with hondes but eternall in heven.
Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but agaynst rule agaynst power and agaynst worldy rulars of the darckenes of this worlde agaynst spretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges.
Colossians 1:29Wherin I also laboure and stryve even as farforth as hys workynge worketh in me myghtely.
2 Timothy 2:5And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
The Apostle's Devotedness. ( a. d. 57.) 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be… Read the whole commentary →